Thalassema
- Dataset
- The geographic distribution of echiurans in the Atlantic Ocean (Phylum Echiura)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echiura
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Echiuroidea
- family
- Echiuridae
- genus
- Thalassema
Thalassema
Key to the species of Thalassema from the Atlantic Ocean
1 Gonoducts two pairs................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Gonoducts one pair..................................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Gonostome fan-shaped; papillae arranged in transverse series in middle region of trunk.................. T. philostracum
- Gonostomal lips semicircular and frilled, papillae largest and most densely packed in posterior region of trunk, not arranged in transverse series................................................................................................................ T. thalassemum
3 Anal vesicles lacking; microscopic papillae located only in middle region of trunk............................ T. antarcticum
- Anal vesicles present.................................................................................................................................................. 4
4 Gonostomal lips folded or crumpled; rectal caecum absent........................................................................ T. elapsum
- Gonostomal lips not folded or crumpled.................................................................................................................... 5
5 Interbasal muscle absent; gonostomes large; papillae more closely packed at anterior and posterior ends of trunk.................................................................................................................................................................. T. arcassonense
- Interbasal muscle present............................................................................................................................................ 6
6 Integument thin and transparent; papillae small white specks scattered over trunk, more closely arranged at posterior end; rectal caecum absent......................................................................................................................... T. diaphanes
- Integument opaque; papillae prominent, unequal in size, the larger ones scale-like and bent forwards; rectal caecum present........................................................................................................................................................ T. hartmani
Name
- Homonyms
- Thalassema